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It was rather nice to be walking along with her son in the swiftly fading light of day. They were close it was true but with his new family Chivosi sometimes found it hard to spend time with him as of late - at least without a pup or two tagging along.

Not that she minded - she loved pups, and was quite proud to be the grandmother she was...but they were anything but peaceful to be around and relaxing after a day of running after them was a pleasant change of pace. Derecho however was keen to continue a rambling description of just how large,gifted and smart his son's were, she was happy to listen and found herself chuckling at several of his stories before a flash of white between the trees caught her attention. There weren't many wolves with so much white on them in the pack..well other then Terreis' adopted daughter, but this wolf was far to large to be mistaken for her. The new wolf then..the one she had yet to meet, and upon closer inspection there was indeed the black cap upon his head that Terreis had described.

"Have you met the new wolf yet?" She asked her son with a slight motion in the stranger's direction.















Halted in mid story by his mother's question Derecho glanced in the indicated direction, huffing slightly at the distraction. "No, Terreis merely told me he was a traveler staying awhile" And other then a brief description - White wolf, black cap, bits of brown, she hadn't said much of anything else. She had in fact seemed a good deal perturbed by him but he'd brushed that off as her general reaction to males without a second thought "I expect you'll want ot meet him now then won't you?" He inquired though he already knew the answer - it was important to his mother that she get to know all the wolves who passed through her territory, more to offer the companionship such travelers often craved then to ensure they weren't a risk. Such things were left to others - Merrill and himself most often.

His mother was a great Alpha but she was sometimes to trusting as far as he was concerned.










"Of course, it's the only polite thing to do" She told her son giving him a patient look - even though she noted the look in his eyes. He thought she wasn't careful enough. She was plenty careful and could well take care of herself...he was just the over protective type. Chivosi had learned early on in her Alpha career that you got more with sweet questions then arrogant demands. Derecho would learn in time and with a whisk of her tail she trotted towards the stranger leaving Derecho to follow and grumble as he so chose.

Chivosi cast a warm look upon the other wolf as she approached Derecho following along behind as she had known he would. "Greetings Adonai" she welcomed the other in easy tones "I am Chivosi, Alpha of the YMCA pack and this is my son Derecho, I believe his mate was the one who found you in the woods? Terreis" She remarked with a soft chuckled - honestly it surprised her that the male had decided to stay after being found by Terreis...lets face it, she wasn't exactly the best welcoming committee a boy could have and while Chiv sometimes questioned her mates choice in mates one had only to watch them or a time to know that beneath their snippy remarks and sometimes hard headed arguments they truly did care for one another.

"I bet that was a fun experience" Derecho added on, sharing his mothers grin - and proving that he did indeed know his mate well, he counted it as a small victory that she had offered the male a place to stay at all. Proof that she wasn't at all as heartless as she liked to make her self out to be. "Glad she didn't run you off" And good for her he thought to himself, rather proud of his wayward mate.

"Good indeed" Chiv agreed "All are welcome in YMCA, as long as they don't threaten those already here and contribute as they can during their stay" She continued "Shall you be staying long or merely passing through?" Not that it really matter to chivosi she'd wecome him regardless of the answer and treat him as well as she did any wolf that spent time with them - why she'd even been kind to Edgar that smelly rat wolf Merrill had been so fond of complaining about. She sometimes wondered just where that particular wolf had ended up after he wandered off one morning.

Chiv chuckled softly "I've found that those without a place to belong tend to be fiercely protective of one when they find it...many of my pack may be outcasts, shy or wanderers..but I don't doubt they would fight to retain their safe home if needed. We have a treaty with the warrior pack to the north as well" She assured him, she didn't want him to think they were a helpless pack incapable of holding their own.

"But you are certainly welcome to stay for as long as you like, I'm sure Merrill our beta will be more then happy to have another hunter on hand" She told him with a slight nod. "If Terreis did not tell you" And Chivosi somewhat doubted she'd bothered "There are spare dens along the tree line of the main grounds, close to the river you can stay in"

Derecho met the others gaze with one of his own - he might have taken offense to the lingering look if the other hadn't remained so friendly looking, as it was he merely wondered why Adonai found him so interesting - perhaps after his run in with Terreis he merely wondered at the type of male who could put up with her. That made some sense and the thought amused him enough to give the male a wolfy grin. "Besides..we'll just sic Terreis and Merrill on any nasty intruders that happen along"

"Balios?" Derecho questioned at the sight of a spotted pup in the brush, with the abundance of spotted male sons he had it was often necessary to get a second look at the pup before one could be sure of just which one it was, when his head popped out of the underbrush again and that tell tale face mask was revealed Derecho knew he had guessed right.

Before inviting the pup out into the open however he cast a considering look at Adonai - he didn't really know this strange wolf but surely nothing would happen to his son with not only he but his mother standing here as well. "Would you like to come out and say hello?" He invited his son with a slight wag of his tail to make sure the pup knew he wasn't in any type of trouble, lords when he was a pup he and Aleu had gone everywhere! Of course they hadn't been all that worried about inspiring the wrath of their mother either.

Chiv chuckled softly at the males comments regarding past sleeping quarters "Haven't we all!" She joked back, eye's flicking towards the ball of fur trying to hide his curiosity in the bushes. Pup's! They were so funny sometimes, always trying to sneak about or get away with something. When her son invited Balios to come out Chiv gave the pup a small wink. "It seems your arrival has become a matter of curiosity" She told Adonai and left off any more talk of the northern warrior pack - it was somewhat of a sore spot with Derecho when it cam to his sons. Perhaps she'd speak about it more when the pups weren't about.

"One of five" Derecho piped in some of his earlier defensiveness melting away when the stranger was so kind to his son - what could he say? The closest way to Derecho's heart was through kindness to his sons and they certainly deserved the kindness, they were all good boys. Indeed he was more then proud of his brood, possibly more so then most fathers...he only wished that...Terreis would feel the same way.

The thought bought with it a small flicker of sorrow but he flushed it from his eyes nearly as soon as it appeared. He didn't want to ruin Adonai's welcome with his own troubles, he didn't know the stranger well enough to just lay out all of his problems like that.

Ah Balios! With such an electric mixture of tempers Chivosi had been curious about the sort of pups Terreis and Derecho would produce - and she hadn't been disappointed the litter had not only been wildly colored but consisted of temperaments from all sides of the scale. No doubt things would get interesting as they grew. "Perhaps he should be" Chiv remarked with a warm look "Balios could charm a snake into behaving well with his manners" She praise the pup - perhaps a bit higher then he deserved, but she was grandma..she was allowed.

"And enough to run the pack just a touch ragged" Chivosi noted with no small hint of a smile in her voice, pups might be troublesome in their adventures but there was no shortage to the laughs either.

"I'd have been just as proud if they had been daughters" Derecho stated with a brief chuckle, though of course having sons was something most males aspired to to some degree. He supposed that was something he wouldn't have to worry about any longer - he had enough sons to last him his lifetime. not that he wouldn't be adverse to more...which was something he had better not say to Terreis. He had already spent more time in the doghouse over an ill-worded comment then he wanted to add to.

"Have you always been a traveler Adonai? It wasn't unusual for the pack to attract such wolves, even creatures filled with wanderlust wanted company from time to time and pack were no long term commitment was required seemed to suit many of them.

"Not at all love" Chiv told the wide eyed pup giving him a quick lick between the ear's "Though some of your brothers could almost certainly use some keeping in line" she told him with a chuckle - the recent disaster with Tantalus and poor Ari came to mind, but pups would always be pups...she and her siblings had gotten into their fair share of troubles when they had been young she was sure. She gave the pup a warm look before listening to Adonai's answer.


Derecho nodded slightly - the story was familiar, it was one their pack heard often, catering to wanderers like they did. "Sound's familiar' He told the other wolf with a slight chuckle. "In any case you are free to stay for as long as you like, leave an return as you like..as my mother has already stated we ask only that you help the pack while you are with us"